Chapter Ninety-Two: Preparations for Peace

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Lu Yanwan looked down one by one, and found that there were really few people who had not seen it in the workshop, these important ministers of the country, after entering the workshop, were just the best in the world, and now they are all pretending to be upright gentlemen, no wonder the court is becoming more and more corrupt, and the people are complaining more and more, all of them are troubled by these corrupt officials who have done nothing.

Lu Yanwan thought disdainfully in his heart, and suddenly his gaze was fixed on the last seat, his eyes widened in surprise slightly, and he blinked his eyes a few times, only to realize that he was not mistaken, Zhang Mo...... I didn't expect him to be invited.

Lu Huiwan remembered that she heard Zhen'er mention it at the beginning of the year, Zhang Mo seemed to have passed the assessment of the Hanlin Academy, and was retained by the Hanlin Academy because of his excellent grades, and was awarded the post of Hanlin editor, although it was not a real position, but he was already the most important person of the emperor, if Zhang Mo continued according to the current momentum, maybe he would be able to enter the cabinet in more than ten years, and he had not married a wife until now, and it was not that no family had thrown an olive branch to him, but according to Zhen'er, Zhang Mo did not seem to want to cling to the powerful, is completely determined to go in the same vein, in Lu Yanwan's opinion, but he feels that he is smart enough, although marrying a wife with a big force behind him will be extremely helpful to his official career at the beginning, but in this way, he is completely tied to the same boat as the big family, which will cause great constraints on his future actions in the officialdom, it is better to be like now, only loyal to the emperor, not relying on any external forces, and climb up step by step, and people who are as suspicious as Li Yan will also like to use people like him, Zhang Mo was invited here today, which shows that he is very highly valued by Li Yan.

Lu Yanwan stared at Zhang Mo for a long time, he seemed to feel Lu Yanwan's gaze, and looked sideways, Lu Yanwan hurriedly turned his head to the other side, and quickly covered up the past, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that he didn't need to be so nervous, she was also a palace maid now, there was no need to hide from anyone, and the last time she and Zhang Mo met was three years ago, Xu is people have long forgotten her. Thinking of this, Lu Huiwan relaxed a lot, looked ahead generously, and felt that Zhang Mo seemed to be still looking at her, so he looked at him and smiled slightly.

Zhang Mo was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he also curled his lips and smiled, with a hint of meaning floating in his eyes. Li Yan and Jun Qishan came together, after everyone knelt down and saluted, the two of them took their seats, this kind of banquet, the emperor is one person and one table, the table is the "Golden Dragon Banquet Table", the table is surrounded by gold embroidered table circumference, it is very luxurious, the queen sits in the lower right corner of the emperor, it is also a single table, but the table is not the emperor's luxury.

After everyone arrived, the dinner party officially began, needless to say, the sumptuous banquet needless to say, pork, fat duck, vegetable duck, fat chicken, vegetable chicken, pork knuckle and other delicacies of the mountains and seas, the eunuch first gave Li Yan into the soup, and then sent soup to the queen concubines, it is said that this order must not be chaotic, and the amount is completely different. The first time Lu Yufen visited this kind of royal dinner, he was naturally like a hillbilly, looking at the newly served soup in front of Li Yufen, but he felt that there was no heat, Li Yufen only took a shallow taste and put down the spoon, Lu Huiwan guessed, it seems that the dishes at this dinner should not be too delicious.

Lu Yanwan's guess was right, this kind of royal dinner, the dishes were prepared on the first day, because the Guanglu doctor of Guanglu Temple had to inspect it for a day to ensure the abundance and safety of the food. But in this way, if you catch up with a cold day like now, all the dishes will be frozen hard, and you will be even more depressed when you catch up with the dog days, and the dishes that have been covered for a night are difficult to guarantee that they will not deteriorate, and the emperor's banquet is had to be eaten, and in the past, many ministers ate the tea soup of this Guanglu Temple, and rushed to their stomachs, which is really embarrassing.

At this moment, the ministers in the hall are eating the "food" in front of them in a regular manner, but for them, the important thing is not until they are full, but the rules, they can't talk too much when eating, and even those who have the habit of babbling must overcome it, no way, the emperor is sitting on it, even if the emperor doesn't come to preside over the banquet, it won't be an ordinary person, so almost everyone is honestly afraid, which makes Lu Yanwan faintly feel a little ridiculous.

The time of this dinner was not short, Li Yufen naturally couldn't swallow the hard dishes in front of her, only a few chopsticks at random and stopped moving, she seemed to be extremely bored, so she glanced at Lu Yanwan, Lu Yanwan immediately bent down and asked in her ear: "Does the princess have any instructions?" ”

"You go to the imperial dining room to say hello first, and say that I will eat shabu-shabu in a while, let them prepare it first, my stomach is almost frozen after eating this dish, I have to keep my stomach warm." Lu Yanwan wanted to laugh when he heard it, but he was afraid of the occasion, so he endured it, and then quietly walked out of the main hall and went to the imperial dining room.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial dining room heard Li Yufen's order, and immediately agreed, that is, Li Yufen can make them so respectful and dare not slacken, if they change to an unfavored princess concubine, they will not give a good face, they will definitely shirk Chinese New Year's Eve too busy to spare manpower to buy it. Lu Hui came out of the imperial dining room late, and walked back according to the way he came, at this time the sky had already darkened, and there was some wind, Lu Hengwan put his hands in his sleeves and slightly quickened his pace.

"Wanwan?" When she walked around a corner, Lu Yiwan heard someone calling her name, so she followed the voice and asked with some vigilance, "Who?" When the man approached, Lu Hui saw clearly that it was Zhang Mo, so he bowed to her slightly, and said, "Is there anything wrong with Lord Zhang calling the slave?" ”

"It's really you......" Zhang Mo's expression eased and smiled, "I'm not so sure until now, because I really can't understand why you suddenly arrived in the palace." ”

"It's a long story...... Lu Yanwan smiled bitterly, and he didn't know how to explain the twists and turns to Zhang Mo.

Zhang Mo also didn't continue the topic with interest, but said: "It's good to see that you're fine, Zhen'er was still talking about you a few days ago, saying that she has been heavy lately and can't go to the church to see you, and you haven't replied to the letter you wrote. ”

Hearing Zhang Mo say that Zhen'er didn't know about her yet, Lu Xiwan breathed a sigh of relief, she was afraid that someone in the teaching workshop would tell Zhen'er about her affairs, she was about to give birth now, but she couldn't worry about what she had missed.

"Sister Zhen'er should be able to give birth in a few days, it's a pity, I can't see the child with my own eyes, Sister Zhen'er originally said that she wanted the child to recognize me as a godmother," Lu Yanwan lowered her head and said with a slight sentimentality.

Zhang Mo coughed lightly and comforted: "Although I can't see the child for the time being, but the godmother has been doing a lot of things, I see that you are standing behind the eldest princess, you should be the right-hand palace maid by her side, maybe you will be able to leave the palace soon." ”

Lu Yanwan swept the gloom on his face, nodded with a smile, "I've borrowed your auspicious words, Master Zhang, go back quickly, I'm afraid it's not good for you to come out for too long." ”

"Then be careful yourself." Zhang Mo only glanced at Lu Yanwan again, then turned around and left. Lu Yan saw that she was walking away, so he walked forward slowly.

As soon as Lu Huiwan walked to the door of the main hall, he heard a cry from inside, the voice sounded a little familiar, Lu Huiwan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly quickened his pace, flashed in from the door, and saw that all the people in the hall were kneeling on the ground, Lu Huiwan naturally knelt down immediately in order not to attract attention, and slowly moved forward on his knees, the cry was still continuing, she was already sure that this cry came from Li Yufen, although she had not been serving Li Yufen for a long time, but her voice could still be heard.

There was a black crowd in front of him, Lu Hui Wanbin couldn't see what was going on in front of him, listening to the sobbing sound, Ah 's heart sank more and more, it can make Li Yufen cry like this in front of the public, it seems that this matter must be very strict.

Lu Yanwan quickly moved to Zhang Mo, who was kneeling at the end, he arrived a little earlier than him, and he might know what was going on. Lu Yanwan pulled Zhang Mo's sleeve, she didn't dare to make a sound, she could only look at him with anxious and worried eyes, and asked silently.

Zhang Mo lowered his head and didn't dare to raise his head, but just reached out and picked up a small wine glass with wine on the table, poured the wine in front of Lu Yanwan, and wrote two words with his fingers. Lu Yanwan looked at it carefully, and soon distinguished, it was the word "harmony", and he was shocked, and then thought of the recent war between Zeguo and Da Zhou, and had already guessed about seven or eight points, but he felt that this thing was too ridiculous, didn't Li Yan love Li Yufen the most, how could he be willing to let her go to kiss!

From the beginning of entering the hall, Lu Yanwan only heard Li Yufen's cry, but did not hear Li Yan and Jun Qishan say a word, she was very strange in her heart, but she didn't dare to look up, finally, Li Yufen's cry gradually decreased, then Li Yan seemed to sigh lightly and said: "Fen'er go back to rest first, this matter will be talked about another day." ”

Lu Yanwan then heard Li Yufen's hoarse voice, and said in a choked voice: "Father, don't get along with Fen'er, father, please don't want Fen'er!" ”

The voice was full of despair, listening to Lu Yanwan's heart throbbing, she finally couldn't help but raise her head, just in time to see Li Yufen pull off the hairpin on her head, and looked at Li Yan with a resolute expression: "If my father really wants me to marry Zeguo, I might as well die early!" After speaking, she was going to stab the hairpin in her neck, but fortunately, the palace maids around her were quick and immediately grabbed her, so she didn't let her do anything stupid.

Lu Yanwan saw that Li Yufen was about to commit suicide, and was so frightened that she couldn't care about anything, so she hurriedly got up and ran over, regardless of the sharpness of the hairpin, snatched it from Li Yufen's hand, threw it to the ground, held her face and said: "Princess, calm down, don't do stupid things, there is only one life, and if you don't have it, you can't come back!" When Li Yufen saw Lu Yanwan, her big eyes were full of aggrieved tears, she just hugged her and cried bitterly, and couldn't say anything anymore.

Li Yan snorted heavily, obviously angered by Li Yufen's death-forcing action, stood up, flicked his sleeves heavily, and ordered the eunuch beside him: "Send the eldest princess back, without my order, she is not allowed to go out of the room." After saying that, he left angrily.

Jun Qishan seemed to be dumb from the beginning, and didn't say a word, and when she saw Li Yan leaving, she immediately stood up, and said to the ministers in the hall with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "All the adults have also dispersed." As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately left.

Lu Yuwan comforted Li Yufen, who was crying sadly, while coldly watching the two of them leave one after the other, the chill in her heart seeped out, this is the royal affection, it is not as good as a piece of paper, one moment you can spoil you to the sky, and the next moment you can be ruthlessly pushed out to let you die, it is really ridiculous and pathetic.

A eunuch came to invite Li Yufen back to the palace, Lu Yuwan just escorted her forward, didn't let those eunuchs touch her, and the group went to the palace without saying a word, along the way, Li Yufen gradually stopped crying, but the expression on her face became dull, like a beautiful doll that had lost her soul.

finally returned to the dormitory, Lu Yuwan helped Li Yufen wipe her face, remove her makeup, change her clothes, coaxed her to the bed to rest, and stabbed her sleeping hole without a trace, so that she fell asleep slowly.

After settling Li Yufen, Lu Yan walked out of the dormitory in the evening, pulled Lu Qian and asked, "Sister Lu Xuan, what the hell is going on, why did I just go out for a while, and such a big change happened?" ”

Lu Xuan's face was also very ugly at this time, sighed, and said with self-blame: "It's all our fault, you just left not long ago, the narcissus accidentally poured the tea soup on the princess, you also know that the princess has always had a good temperament, naturally I won't blame her, just let us follow to the ear room next to clean up, but I didn't expect to hear the gossip of the two eunuchs around the emperor there......"

"Is it to talk about the princess and kiss?" Lu Yan asked lately. Lu Qian nodded sadly, "Listening to the meaning of their words, it seems that there are rebels on the Kanto side, it seems that in the name of the former prince, there are tens of thousands of people, but in January, several counties have been captured, and almost all the current forces of the imperial court are thrown to the frontier to resist the army of Zeguo, and it is difficult to divide forces to deal with these rebels, the emperor seems to want to negotiate peace with Nazeguo, and Zeguo also seems to have some intentions, the condition is to let our Da Zhou marry a princess in the past, and now in this harem, The only one who is eligible is the princess......"

"But the princess is only thirteen years old, but she is still a child, how can the emperor bear it......" Lu Yanwan frowned, and her tone was very indignant.

"Wanwan, you should know, compared to the safety of the country, what is a princess......" Lu Qian was also sad for Li Yufen, but she wanted to think about more, smiled bitterly, and said to Lu Yanwan.

Lu Yanwan sneered, didn't speak, just thought indignantly in his heart, the family and the country are all over the world, do you have to exchange a woman's life, or even her life, Li Yan, the emperor, is inevitably too cowardly.

Lu Qian gently patted Lu Yanwan's shoulder, and said with a gloomy face: "The princess has always trusted you the most, you should enlighten her well in the past few days, don't let her drill the horns of the bull again and do anything stupid......"

Lu Yanwan's face had no expression, she knew that Lu Qian was Li Yan's lobbyist, and she just wanted Li Yufen to marry Zeguo obediently, Li Yan, as a father, could really be so ruthless to his daughter who had loved him for more than ten years, sure enough, the emperor was the most filthy person in the world, and no amount of family love could compare to the golden throne under them.

The princess hall was guarded by the people sent by Li Yan, without his order, everyone could not enter and exit at will, this Chinese New Year's Eve, should have been festive and lively, but the entire princess hall was filled with a suffocating haze, no one dared to speak loudly, everyone had a thick panic on their faces, hiding a deep fear of the future, after all, if Li Yufen really wanted to go to Zeguo and relatives, they were the most likely to go with the marriage, to a hostile neighboring country, I don't know when, life will be lost, Naturally, no one wants to die. Lu Yanwan has been staying by Li Yufen's bedside, she has been sleeping very unsteadily, her brows have been frowning tightly, as if she is having a nightmare, the scene in the dream must be very scary, Li Yufen's face is getting paler and paler, and then she actually cried out loud.

Lu Yan was very uncomfortable, so she could only hold her hand tightly, hoping to calm her down, so she tossed until dawn, Li Yufen was a little quieter, and she slept for more than an hour before she slowly woke up.

"Wanwan, I don't think I can live anymore......" This is the first thing Li Yufen said to Lu Huiwan after waking up, Lu Yanwan looked at the look on her face, and there was a throbbing pain in her heart, she would think of the words that Li Yufen said to her under the plum tree just a few days ago, at that time, she was so looking forward to the future, her smile was innocent, who would have thought that in just a few hours, she would become like this, Lu Xiwan slowly made up her mind in her heart, since she had saved her life, You must not watch her die in front of you like this again.

Lu Yanwan gently stroked her head and persuaded softly: "Princess, it's going to be fine, it's going to be okay, you don't have to think too much, it's going to be fine......

Li Yufen still didn't seem to have heard of it, only tilting her head to the other side, her eyes were empty, like a walking corpse.

Lu Yanwan knew that she was really dead, Li Yan was not only a father and an emperor in her heart, but also her god, and now Li Yan pushed her out without hesitation, which was equivalent to poking countless holes in her heart, that feeling must be more sad than dead.

Lu Hui came over with breakfast in the evening, and Li Yufen ate it obediently, but as soon as this bowl of porridge was eaten, she immediately vomited it out, and then no matter what she fed, she would vomit it clean, and in the end, she couldn't even feed water.

Lu Qian hurriedly went to the imperial doctors, but the imperial doctors were helpless, Li Yufen's body instinctively refused these foods, as long as she didn't want to understand herself, no one could force her to eat a little bit.

Lu Xiwan had been watching silently from the side, until the imperial doctor left, she said to Lu Xuan: "You let the palace maids who are waiting for you go down, I want to have a good talk with the princess, this is not a way, you can survive without eating or drinking for a day, if it takes a long time, the princess's body will really collapse."

Lu Qian was so anxious that tears came down, and at this time, she could only hope for Lu Haowan, took her hand and said: "Wanwan, you must persuade the princess well, she can't abuse her body like this, I will beg the emperor again, maybe he will change his mind......"

Lu Yanwan only nodded and didn't speak, if Li Yan would change his mind, then he wouldn't be Li Yan. Lu Qian took everyone out, Lu Xian walked to Li Yufen's bed in the evening, looked at her still like that, sighed faintly, just sat down, and said slowly: "Princess, I know how resentful you are, how much hatred you have, I remember you told me before, you want to leave this palace, live freely, you want to live carefree, in fact, you think about it the other way, this time of harmony, not necessarily a bad thing, you can leave the palace in a bright and bright way, not to mention that Zeguo is thousands of miles away from our Great Zhou, You are also a princess of noble status, and it will take a year and a half to walk this way, and no one can say what accidents will happen on the way......"

Lu Yanwan's words have been said very bluntly, and she wants to wait for Li Yufen to understand herself, and sure enough, Li Yufen finally has some reaction, her eyes moved slightly, and she looked at Lu Yanwan, her throat was a little hoarse because of the repeated vomiting, "Wanwan, what do you mean...... Do you want me to escape, it's useless, just the two of us, how can we escape, even if we get out, how are we going to live, and my father will never let me go, he will definitely send a large number of people to arrest us......"

Lu Yanwan held Li Yufen's hand, looked into her eyes and continued: "Just let them think that you are dead, princess, if you believe me, I will help you, but I am afraid that in the future, you will have to live incognito for the rest of your life, and you will never be like this now, you can only discard the name of this princess." ”

In normal times, Li Yufen would never believe that Lu Yanwan had such an ability, but now that she is cornered, Lu Yanwan's words are like the last straw, no matter what, she wants to hold on firmly. "Wanwan, what am I going to do?" Li Yufen seemed to have made up her mind, and looked at Lu Yanwan with burning eyes and asked. RS